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Braintree: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000067

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Key Facts

All Residents 155,268
Male 76,123
Female 79,145
Households 64,984
Population Density (people/km2) 253.8
Table Codets022
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options288

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by ethnic group. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

The ethnic group that the person completing the census feels they belong to. This could be based on their culture, family background, identity or physical appearance.

Respondents could choose one out of 19 tick-box response categories, including write-in response options.

Ethnic group (detailed): Total: All usual residents 155,274
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 2,570
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 16
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 221
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 365
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 395
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 834
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 6
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 6
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 23
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 6
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 15
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 58
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 7
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 15
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 10
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 18
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 15
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 229
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 5
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 115
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 32
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 87
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 12
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 41
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 16
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 1,192
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 542
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 33
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 94
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 11
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 323
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 13
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 93
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 695
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 174
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 442
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 16
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 27
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3,020
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 39
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 92
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 16
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 22
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 175
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 18
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 880
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 437
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 844
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 97
White 146,981
White: African unspecified 4
White: Albanian 25
White: Algerian 0
White: Arab 2
White: Argentinian 1
White: Armenian 0
White: Australian/New Zealander 103
White: Austrian 12
White: Belarusian 3
White: Belgian 11
White: Bosnian 0
White: Brazilian 18
White: Bulgarian 94
White: Colombian 4
White: Cornish 9
White: Croatian 5
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 7
White: Czech 42
White: Danish 18
White: Dutch 39
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 140,274
White: Estonian 12
White: European Mixed 951
White: Finnish 10
White: French 83
White: Georgian 1
White: German 101
White: Greek 44
White: Greek Cypriot 42
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 155
White: Hispanic or Latin American 21
White: Hungarian 118
White: Iranian 0
White: Irish 1,085
White: Israeli 2
White: Italian 135
White: Jewish 27
White: Kosovan 2
White: Kurdish 5
White: Latvian 29
White: Lithuanian 138
White: Maltese 12
White: Mixed Irish 35
White: Mixed White 0
White: Moldovan 5
White: North American 106
White: North Macedonian 1
White: Norwegian 2
White: Other Eastern European 336
White: Other Middle East 2
White: Other Mixed 42
White: Other North African 5
White: Other Traveller 6
White: Other White, White unspecified 261
White: Polish 1,176
White: Portuguese 235
White: Roma 67
White: Romanian 434
White: Russian 42
White: Serbian 9
White: Slovakian 46
White: Slovenian 10
White: South African 163
White: South American 7
White: Spanish 109
White: Swedish 15
White: Swiss 19
White: Turkish 80
White: Turkish Cypriot 14
White: Ukrainian 6
White: White African 61
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 0
White: White Caribbean 3
White: Zimbabwean 3
White: Any other ethnic group 37
Other ethnic group 816
Other ethnic group: Afghan 0
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 8
Other ethnic group: African Asian 0
Other ethnic group: Albanian 3
Other ethnic group: Algerian 1
Other ethnic group: Arab 106
Other ethnic group: Armenian 1
Other ethnic group: Asian British 1
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 1
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 1
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 8
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 11
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 4
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 2
Other ethnic group: Chinese 8
Other ethnic group: Colombian 3
Other ethnic group: Cornish 1
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 0
Other ethnic group: Czech 1
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 8
Other ethnic group: English 2
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 2
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 61
Other ethnic group: Filipino 23
Other ethnic group: Greek 4
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 19
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 1
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 44
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 1
Other ethnic group: Iranian 24
Other ethnic group: Italian 2
Other ethnic group: Japanese 1
Other ethnic group: Jewish 9
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 0
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 33
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 6
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 29
Other ethnic group: Mexican 1
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 2
Other ethnic group: Muslim 0
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 8
Other ethnic group: North African 8
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 6
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 10
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 9
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 5
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 13
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 0
Other ethnic group: Polish 19
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 11
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 13
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 0
Other ethnic group: Roma 0
Other ethnic group: Romanian 19
Other ethnic group: Sikh 32
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 1
Other ethnic group: Somali 0
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 0
Other ethnic group: South American 15
Other ethnic group: Spanish 4
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 7
Other ethnic group: Tamil 22
Other ethnic group: Thai 2
Other ethnic group: Turkish 62
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 43
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 3
Other ethnic group: White African 3
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 69

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